5k Fun Run to Benefit the Space Public Outreach Team (SPOT)

The Details:

Why: Workout, learn about space, and support space science education in Montana!

Description: To kick off Montana's first Science and Engineering Festival
, will host an educational 5k fun race. The Space Race will run through
an accurate model of the Solar System scaled down to 5 kilometers.
Race participants will run from Neptune past all eight of our planets
to the Sun. We will also host a 1k kids Inner Solar System Sprint,
and a 65m Toddler Mercury Crawl. Race packets will contain cool
space pictures and NASA swag. After finishing, racers will be encouraged
to mingle around the inner Solar System which will be packed with scientific
information and displays. Directly following the race, participants will
be invited to a free 45-minute kid-friendly solar physics and space science
presentation: the SPOT program The Sun-Earth Connection.

About SPOT: The Space Public Outreach Team is a student club at MSU dedicated to communicating
the excitement and importance of learning about science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics to Montana kids. We provide free 45-minute long presentations to
any school, youth program, or community group that requests a show. We train MSU
undergraduates to effectively engage young audiences, and to share the cutting-edge
space science taking place at NASA and Montana colleges. Please visit our website
for more information, or to request a show:
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/spot/index.html